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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Swimming Pool, Olympiysky Sports Complex, Moskva
Date Started: July 24, 1980
Date Finished: July 24, 1980
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Barbara Krause |
| Silver: | Ines Diers |
| Bronze: | Carmela Schmidt |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reggie de Jong | 16 | Netherlands | NED | 2:02.66 | QU |
| 2 | Nataliya Strunnikova | 16 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:03.36 | QU |
| 3 | Irina Aksyonova | 17 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:03.63 | QU |
| 4 | Natalia Más | 16 | Spain | ESP | 2:05.73 | |
| 5 | Sofia Dara | 17 | Greece | GRE | 2:07.56 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ines Diers | 16 | East Germany | GDR | 2:00.27 | QU |
| 2 | Annelies Maas | 20 | Netherlands | NED | 2:04.07 | |
| 3 | Karen Van de Graaf | 17 | Australia | AUS | 2:06.06 | |
| 4 | Dobrinka Mincheva | 18 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2:09.09 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carmela Schmidt | 18 | East Germany | GDR | 2:02.32 | QU |
| 2 | June Croft | 17 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:03.95 | QU |
| 3 | Rosemary Brown | 19 | Australia | AUS | 2:04.59 | |
| 4 | Sonya Dangalakova | 17 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2:05.67 | |
| 5 | Jacquelene Willmott | 15 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:08.04 | |
| 6 | Irinel Pănulescu | 16 | Romania | ROU | 2:09.94 | |
| 7 | Soad Fezzani | Libya | LBA | 2:30.14 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbara Krause | 21 | East Germany | GDR | 2:01.18 | QU |
| 2 | Olga Klevakina | 18 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:02.36 | QU |
| 3 | Guylaine Berger | 24 | France | FRA | 2:04.60 | |
| 4 | Pascale Verbauwen | 17 | Belgium | BEL | 2:05.34 | |
| 5 | Tina Gustafsson | 17 | Sweden | SWE | 2:05.84 | |
| 6 | Celeste García | 15 | Peru | PER | 2:13.05 |